Through his god's-eye view, Angel immediately caught Gloria's coordinates.
What surprised Angel was that Gloria's location was not actually far from New City—roughly a hundred li away.
The surprise came because Gloria had previously said that she would head toward the Mother Tree. She wanted to see the Dream Plant Fairies' territory and find out whether this fairy civilization nurtured by the Mother Tree held any mysteries.
Of course, to Gloria, such "mysteries" referred purely to culinary culture.
Every time Angel had previously swept his gaze over Gloria, she had indeed been heading toward the Mother Tree. But why had she not continued in that direction this time? Why had she returned to New City instead?
Though Angel was somewhat puzzled, where one chose to go was simply a thought away and could change at any moment. He did not dwell on it, instead observing Gloria's current location.
Gloria's present location was somewhat unusual. She was not on the surface, but inside an underground grotto.
The grotto bore clear signs of artificial excavation, and it had been dug out quite recently. It was probably a grotto Gloria had prepared herself.
The grotto had a somewhat fairy-tale atmosphere.
Glowing moss covered the ceiling, while fungi of every color and shape blanketed the walls. Under the glow of the moss, the entire grotto shimmered with fantastical multicolored light.
Aside from carpet fungi, the ground held several enormous Mushroom Houses formed from clustered fungi.
Gloria was currently inside the largest Mushroom House, seated on a fluffy-looking mushroom sofa, swaying her head as she enjoyed the "delicacy" at hand.
Angel did not know what exactly she was eating. The food looked rather bizarre, but judging by Gloria's expression, it probably did not taste bad.
After taking a glance at Gloria's situation, Angel withdrew his